While the students relax on spring break, Florida is preparing for their final game of the regular season. On Saturday, March 7, the Gators men’s basketball team hosts the sixth-ranked Kentucky Wildcats for Senior Day. This game is a rematch of Feb. 22, where the Gators lost to the Wildcats …
Read More »SEC-Ready: Gator Softball Begins Conference Play Against Auburn
The hunt for an SEC regular-season championship kicks off this weekend for the Florida softball team. After earning the title for four straight years, Florida yielded the crown to Alabama last season. The Gators begin their redemption trail at home, facing the in-state rivals of the Crimson Tide, the Auburn …
Read More »Harrison Bader on his time as a Gator and beyond
Cardinals center-fielder and Florida Gator baseball alum Harrison Bader has put together three great seasons with St. Louis. The Cardinals were in the NLCS last year but were eliminated by the Nationals. Bader and the Cardinals will look to take the next step this year, get to the World Series …
Read More »Hawthorne Stifles Paxton; Boys’ Basketball Team Advances to State Championship
After watching the girls take care of business in Lakeland, the Hawthorne boys’ basketball team followed suit Wednesday. In a wire-to-wire win, Hawthorne stifles Paxton 70-58 to advance to the state championship. What they do best: Hawthorne stifles Paxton defensively After the win in the regional finals against Wildwood, Hawthorne …
Read More »Florida Baseball Shuts Out FAMU
The Florida Gator baseball team got its lucky number 13 win of the season Wednesday night. UF moved to 13-0 after it cruised past the Florida A&M Rattlers 5-0 in Gainesville. While the Gators are nowhere near Texas’s 34 straight wins to open the 1977 season, they’re just five wins …
Read More »Gators Get Big Win at Georgia
The Florida Gators brought down the Georgia Bulldogs on their senior night 68-54 in Athens. The Gators were down by as much as 13 in the game and came back, after tying their all-time comeback against Georgia earlier in the year. Florida improves to 19-11 overall and 11-6 in SEC …
Read More »Gators Men’s Basketball Meets Georgia again in SEC Match Up
The Gators men’s basketball team is on the road facing off against the Georgia Bulldogs on Wednesday night. These two teams met earlier in the season in Gainesville and Florida came away with an 81-75 win. Florida trailed the Bulldogs by 22 points in second half of the match up, …
Read More »Gators Baseball Rides Bullpen to History
Florida Gators baseball is off to its best start ever. The top-ranked Gators downed the Florida Atlantic Owls 7-3 in West Palm Beach on Tuesday night. Florida now has a school-record 12 straight wins to start a season. Florida head coach Kevin O’Sullivan said it was great to play in …
Read More »Teammates Today, Rivals Tomorrow: Buchholz Duo to be on Opposite Sides of Heated SEC Rivalry
Rivalry. The very word evokes emotion in every sports fan. For some, it’s fairly simple. Their team does not like another team, so they don’t like that team. For others, the diehards, rivalries run deeper. The impulse to despise that one opponent has been ingrained in them from birth. The …
Read More »Gator Softball Drops Two of Three Against No. 10 Louisiana
In each of its three games this weekend against Louisiana-Lafayette, the Florida softball team held a commanding 4-0 lead. Although this statistic suggests a series sweep by the Gators, no such sweep occurred. The resilient Ragin’ Cajuns managed to win two of those three games. Gators grab game one A …
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